A Practice Report On The Interpretation Of The Lecture Personality Test And Leadership By Faye Perkins

The practice report is based on the author’s simultaneous interpretation of Faye Perkins’ lecture Personality Test and Leadership. The writer has introduced, analyzed and summarized the interpreting practice process together with detailed case analyses.The report comprises five parts: task description, procedure description, pre-interpreting preparation, case analyses and summary. Task description is the outline of the interpreting practice, and procedure description explains the process of my completion of the task in detail. The following actions are taken in order to prepare for the task. Firstly, the author collects the speaker’s background and speech style. Secondly, the author gets a general idea of the background of the lecture. Last, the relevant proper vocabulary of the lecture is collected to understand it thoroughly and interpret it smoothly. Pre-interpreting preparation lays a sound foundation for the whole process. Case analyses play an important role in the report. The material comes from the recording of the simultaneous interpretation. By analyzing interpretation techniques, the paper selects typical cases and deals with them one by one. The cases can be divided into six aspects: adjunct, word class shift, subordinate clause, subject transformation or subject ellipsis, improperly processing information and the interference of literal meaning. In the conclusion part, the author briefly summarizes the interpreting practice process and her personal reflection of this task: The interpreting task tests not only the interpreter’s knowledge, but also his psychological quality, attitude and physical ability. Only by continuous practice can the interpreter make progress.